What support can I get to go to university?

Care leavers entering higher education (HE) will receive financial support. Young people will receive details of the support available in a letter, approved by the social worker/personal advisor and service leader, and may cover the following:

A £2000 Local Government grant provided by Portsmouth City Council Children's Social Care, which the personal advisor will support in appropriate spend, to be specified in the pathway plan.

Travel costs to help you return during holiday periods.

Reasonable accommodation cost during holiday periods.

Help from their personal advisor to apply for all available student loans and bursaries to cover fees, maintenance and living costs. Care leavers should be guided to attend a university who can support their identified needs. This information can be found at www.propel.org.uk. If a care leaver wishes to attend a university where the accommodation for a care leaver isn't free, and there is a clear reason why they want to attend such a University, then reasonableaccommodation costs will be covered by Children's Social Care with approval from the service leader in the through care team.

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